The reason why it should be an international offence for me to pick up a pencil.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pbWcucGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29tL2FsYnVtcy92NDMvUkFLVEhFVU5ERUFEL1NtYzExN2ZzLmpwZyIgYWx0PSJpbWFnZSIvPjwvcD4=

I expect you'll have figured out that art is not my strong suit.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pbWcucGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29tL2FsYnVtcy92NDMvUkFLVEhFVU5ERUFELzExN0YuanBnIiBhbHQ9ImltYWdlIi8+PC9wPg==

Whilst I've always been terrible at drawing, I did quite well in Art at school - I remember for my mock exam I did very well with a pair of arches I'd constructed, a kind of half gothic, half ecclesiastical...what awful times of my life.

Unfortunately, I never kept any of these things...nor would I put them on the internet.

Labyrinth; you're one hell of an amazing artist, even if the 'Contortionism 1' is just plain disturbing, at best. I'm afraid to ask this, but why is there a number 1 on the end there? That would suggest there is a series of them...please tell me there isn't.

Amazing talent, creepy subjects, and Anger Inc. is a great example of that; brilliant detail on the neck, to the level that I am creeped out by it. Even Lily, which can pretty much be described with 'Woah' has an eerie tone to it...maybe I'm reading into it too much.

I'd put some literature here, if I had any, but the only thing lying around was already in that 'Something to Look Forward To' thread.

Maet:I remember a time when I was a bright eyed and eager art student five years ago. The good old days before year after year of crappy teachers crushed my spirits and embittered me. Now all I do is write the occasional movie/video game review and hope the creative fire doesn't go out.

It's really good stuff. The original poster's material is not quite my cup of tea, but I appreciate it.

I believe I'm in quite the same boat as you, my friend. As a child I always wanted to be an artist. I was going to college for Studio Art but I dropped out. I used to love to draw, but have just slowly lost interest in it. I have a lot of confidence issues. :(

Warning:I'm not entirely sure if this is work safe, but you can be damn sure you cannot unremember itPHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pNDkyLnBob3RvYnVja2V0LmNvbS9hbGJ1bXMvcnIyODMvTW9ua2Zpc2hfYWNjL1N0cmFuZ29sYW5kLmpwZz90PTEyMjI4MTc5NDAiIGFsdD0iaW1hZ2UiLz4gPGJyIC8+V2hlbiBpbiBkb3VidCwgcHV0IGJvb2JpZXMgb24gZXZlcnl0aGluZy48YnIgLz5BbHNvLCB0aGV5IGFsbCBoYXZlIHdpbGx5cyBiZWNhdXNlIEkgZGVlbWVkIGl0IHNvLiBUaGlzIGlzIGFydGlzdGljIGV4cHJlc3Npb24sIG1hbiE8L3A+

God bless MS Paint.

Seriously, though, I don't have a scanner, and the stuff I draw looks like the ham-handed attempts of a drunk toddler. I'll take a picture of my best work and see if it comes out okay tomorrow. Be warned, the only thing I can slightly draw is pseudo-anime eyes. Everything else is an insult to art.

Also, I have doodled countless stick battles, but who hasn't? I should find some and scan them.

EDIT: PurpleRain, I am good at stick people too, like their expressions, movement and all that (well, portraying movement, getting the engles of the joints and everthing)...well at least I like to think so.

EDIT AGAIN: And Dinosaurs, I am good at those too.

also also wik EDIT AGAIN...AGAIN: I just drew up a Dilophosaurus skull, the jaw don't seem to line up to me.

Qayin:Whilst I've always been terrible at drawing, I did quite well in Art at school - I remember for my mock exam I did very well with a pair of arches I'd constructed, a kind of half gothic, half ecclesiastical...what awful times of my life.

Unfortunately, I never kept any of these things...nor would I put them on the internet.

Labyrinth; you're one hell of an amazing artist, even if the 'Contortionism 1' is just plain disturbing, at best. I'm afraid to ask this, but why is there a number 1 on the end there? That would suggest there is a series of them...please tell me there isn't.

Amazing talent, creepy subjects, and Anger Inc. is a great example of that; brilliant detail on the neck, to the level that I am creeped out by it. Even Lily, which can pretty much be described with 'Woah' has an eerie tone to it...maybe I'm reading into it too much.

I'd put some literature here, if I had any, but the only thing lying around was already in that 'Something to Look Forward To' thread.

Nope, no insecurities and lack of self-confidence here.

Wow. Thankyou. I know this thread is mostly constructed out of egoism, but I still didn't expect that.

Yes, it's a series. The other ones don't have quite the same... explicit content though. They're also too large to easily scan in though I've been meaning to do so for a while. And you should write some more. I'm always interested in other peoples work.

Necroswanson, that is a funky companion box you have there. I like it. Allie too. And Elffymon has awesome dragons. Awesome I say!

Necroswanson, that is a funky companion box you have there. I like it.

Thanks....Oddly enough when I started out and plugged in my tablet I set out to draw and render a fold out of the Companion Cube so as to see all six sides of it from a top view. I got insanely bored three minutes in and that's what came out of it.

120x120, big as it gets. The arms are skinny as I based the image on the case booklet from American McGee's Alice, which had her spending severeal years in the asylum refusing to eat. IE: mental trauma induced anorexia(sp?). That and spenidng most of her time there being strapped to a bed, her muscle and body fat content were low, thus, skinny arms. They were thinner then I wanted them, but with my tablet and program, they were either going to be too skinny, or overly thick and misshapen. Took me 6 hours to make.

TheNecroswanson:120x120, big as it gets. The arms are skinny as I based the image on the case booklet from American McGee's Alice, which had her spending severeal years in the asylum refusing to eat. IE: mental trauma induced anorexia(sp?). That and spenidng most of her time there being strapped to a bed, her muscle and body fat content were low, thus, skinny arms. They were thinner then I wanted them, but with my tablet and program, they were either going to be too skinny, or overly thick and misshapen. Took me 6 hours to make.

You're extremely talented. I like basically everything you've done, haha. Jealous! I wish I had the stuff to color my drawings on my comp like ya'll do.

No one has really given my shit a single opinion. Saaaad.

Thanks for putting me back in my place there.

So I'll re-post my opinions. The turtle is fantastic, like most of your drawings it displays a strong anatomical awareness. Your tone could use some work, but as it's an anime style I can see why you'd focus more on shape and line. The first image...a zombie or something? Anyway, the tension between the brows is good use of detail, bringing more energy to the overall work.

You're extremely talented. I like basically everything you've done, haha. Jealous! I wish I had the stuff to color my drawings on my comp like ya'll do.

No one has really given my shit a single opinion. Saaaad.

Thanks for putting me back in my place there.

So I'll re-post my opinions. The turtle is fantastic, like most of your drawings it displays a strong anatomical awareness. Your tone could use some work, but as it's an anime style I can see why you'd focus more on shape and line. The first image...a zombie or something? Anyway, the tension between the brows is good use of detail, bringing more energy to the overall work.

Thats alot more than you said to me about it on Skype, m'am. But thank you! :D

You're extremely talented. I like basically everything you've done, haha. Jealous! I wish I had the stuff to color my drawings on my comp like ya'll do.

No one has really given my shit a single opinion. Saaaad.

You're in the same boat as me. We should form a club. Like a Triumvirate...

Oh wait...

Me too, but I didn't expect much, Stumpy is dumb, I didn't draw the other (I couldn't find it but it was close to that), and the third one I quickly drew in front of the computer in a couple minutes...and the damn jaws didn't line up. It's bugging the crap out of me.

I'd appreciate an opinion as well, even if it is just confirming my suspicions that it should be considered an international offense for me to pick up a pencil for any other purposes other than for writing.

I'd appreciate an opinion as well, even if it is just confirming my suspicions that it should be considered an international offense for me to pick up a pencil for any other purposes other than for writing.

Tess to the critique podium!

I'd disagree with the 'offence' statement. You seem to have quite a good grasp of structure and engineering, so I'd definitely encourage you to do more technical drawing. Practice makes perfect and all that.

Fair to say figurative is far from your strongest area, but something tells me that's also a point of lack of practice. Remember: Paper recycles, so sketch all you want. Keep up the general theme and the Government will try to hire you for the sake of weapons manufacture and design, which could get interesting. Run away?

Oh, by the way, I am really jealous Labyrinth, I wish I could draw people. I tried drawing George W. Bush, he ended up looking like his dad. I mean, exactly like him...hmm, maybe I should have tried drawing Bush Sr.

MORE ART! Caution: Old stuff.The first three are from an ol' D&D game. Wherein we got to play us, as we were all learning the game still and didn't give to shits about meaningful role playing.The first is a small joke. My friend likes the show The Avatar and shaves his head. So, he played, "The Zombie Avatar George". I played a Necromancer... And ofcourse my long hair back then would tangle worse then videogame cords at the slightest gust of wind.

This is from the old Hunter game I was in. I was doing recoinessence(SP?) on rumors that a coven was trying to ressurect the Demon King of Ducks.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pNS5waG90b2J1Y2tldC5jb20vYWxidW1zL3kxNTgvc2Vsa2hldC9EZW1vbkR1Y2suanBnIiBhbHQ9ImltYWdlIi8+PC9wPg==

This one is from '03.

This one was showing the three stages of an old D&D charcater's life. It was a long game and I had to play each of them respectively. 1st: Your happy little youth seeking adventure. 2nd: Your not so young young paladin. and 3rd: The older, wiser, and burden baring paladin.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pNS5waG90b2J1Y2tldC5jb20vYWxidW1zL3kxNTgvc2Vsa2hldC9NZXJjb3MuanBnIiBhbHQ9ImltYWdlIi8+PC9wPg==

Ares Tyr:I have some drawings I'll post in a moment, as I told Laby already. But until then here's a rap verse I wrote back when I was rapping. (BTW - my group was called Five-Point Palm, so that explains all the kung fu references.)

Born An 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

Dayamn, that's sweet.

I used to write, but it was all on my old computer and like hell I'm turning that thing on again. I need to get round to it sometime, but...

Had a look through my collection, found some newer and slightly superior quality pictures along the same lines as the rest that I've posted.

Yeah, I can't stop with the starfighters.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pbWcucGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29tL2FsYnVtcy92NDMvUkFLVEhFVU5ERUFEL0tNU0VTLVYxLmpwZyIgYWx0PSJpbWFnZSIvPjwvcD4=

A picture confirming the fact that most of my pictures are drawn on scraps of paper.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pbWcucGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29tL2FsYnVtcy92NDMvUkFLVEhFVU5ERUFEL1VBSVNMVy5qcGciIGFsdD0iaW1hZ2UiLz48L3A+